TipTop

In my quest to find the perfect tooltip mod, I decided to create my own and have a learning experience. Thus, TipTop was born. TipTop seeks to modify the default tip instead of replace it.

Known Issue: the disappearing/flickering tooltip issue is on Blizzard's end. People have been reporting the issue with various tooltip addons as well as with only the default UI. There are several posts about it on the Technical Support forums, but no blue response that I know of so far.

Update: the Blizzard bug may have something to do with quickly mousing over minimap tracking icons at the edge of your minimap. Try mousing over another tracking icon to try to bring back the tooltip.

Apparently, my comments are a magnet for bug reports and feature requests, despite the buttons for them to the right to put them on my portal, the FAQ saying to put them on my portal (with links even!), and repeated requests in the comments section to put them at my portal. So I'll put it here in big, colorful, bold letters.

FEATURE REQUESTS AND BUG REPORTS NEED TO BE PUT ON MY PORTAL. IF YOU PUT THEM IN MY COMMENTS, THEY WILL MOST LIKELY BE FORGOTTEN AND/OR IGNORED.

I appreciate the time that you take to report bugs and request things, but please appreciate the time/effort that it takes me to go through them and remember them, and please just put them in the correct location.

Features:

optional class-colored border for units (optional support for !ClassColors)

optional difficulty-colored border for units

option to display class icon before unit's name in tooltip (off by default)

various class icon textures to choose from (thanks, gossipgirlxo and Flat Player Icons!)

option to display guild rank (off by default)

added target text line

"faded" tip if unit is tapped, dead, or offline

custom border, background, and status bar textures

custom font selection, plus option of Outline, etc.

custom background color/alpha

custom health bar color, including class-colored

ability to move the tooltip or attach to cursor

can show health on statusbar in five different formats

health bar may be above or below the tooltip, or be contained inside the tooltip

item-quality colored border for items

raid icon display

added talent text line

displays (Rare), (AFK), and (DND) when possible, next to the unit's name

option to display elite/rare elite graphic for those units

adjust tip background alpha

SharedMedia support

each character has a choice of using either a global or character specific profile

FAQ:

Where are the options?
The options panel is located on the addons page of the Interface Options panel. Hit escape, go to Interface, click the AddOns tab, and you'll see TipTop listed there. You can also use the slash commands /tiptop or /tip

How do I move the tooltip?
In the TipTop config window, scroll down until you see the anchor settings. You may either anchor the mouse to the cursor, or to a side/corner of the screen. Note that x,y offsets only work when the tip is *not* anchored to the cursor. This is a limitation set by the game's API, and I will not code in the hacks that other tooltip addons use to get around this. I suggest using the alpha setting instead so the tip doesn't block your view so much.

I want the tooltip offset from the cursor - will you add it or is it bugged?
See above.

Where can I find more fonts/borders/bar textures?
For further font choices, I suggest the SharedMedia addon. Have a font you want to use that's not in there? Read the "Instructions for MyMedia.txt" file in the SharedMedia folder.

How can I give feedback?
Feel free to leave your comments/questions here, but all bug reports and feature requests need to go to my portal if you want me to remember to do them.

Can I use your code/textures?
All use of my code and custom textures separate from TipTop must be for your own personal use and they may not be redistributed separate from the addon. You may use snippets of my code in addons you intend to distribute only after receiving permission, and credit must be given.

Can I redistribute this addon?
My addons may only be redistributed in UI compilations, and any mention of the addon must point to its download page or my portal, both on wowinterface.

Do you accept cookies?
I love cookies! Unfortunately, they may turn to crumbs in the mail. Instead, you may donate to my cookie fund via PayPal.

2.19.2
- fixed another boss mouseover bug with large health numbers

2.19.1
- updated TOC number for 7.3
- modified usage of :SetBackdrop to keep the Aurora addon from complaining

2.19
- tweaked raid marker code, in case the client ever returns a number without an icon assigned to it
- added the ability to set the font of the health bar text independently

2.18.1
- fix for guild ranks not displaying for characters from other servers

2.14.3
- update for Legion
- fixed for new API to check if unit is tapped

2.14.2
- fixed nil error if you don't have the elitetexture setting enabled

2.14.1
- fixed elite texture bug (where it wouldn't hide after mousing over an elite unit)
- fixed typo that's been there for years and no one's ever noticed - rare elite texture (silver dragon) should now display
- fixed oversight that I haven't updated the manual level number for units with a level of -1 (skull texture) for a couple of xpacs... >.>

2.14
- updated for WoD
- added :ClearAllPoints() call when reanchoring GameTooltip
- Removed references to ShoppingTooltip3 and ItemRefShoppingTooltip3 which were removed from the UI.

2.9.1
- attempt to fix Blizz bug where Heirloom items are colored white (this only fixes the tooltip borders, I filed a bug report to fix on the servers)

2.9
- added option to only show main spec name (hiding the talent points)

2.8.3
- updated libs
- tweaked options layout for larger window

2.8.2
- bumped TOC number for 4.2
- all seems to be working as expected!

2.8.1
- updated libs
- fixed: health bars now stay your custom color!

2.8
- the health bar on the tooltip may now be colored by class

2.7
- FIXED: nil error when trying to get talents from players who haven't chosen their spec yet
- NEW: draggable frame for quick repositioning of the tooltip. X,Y coordinates are still available for fine tuning. Don't want to use the mover frame? It's not created or anything until you click the config button for it.

2.6
- optimizations to talent gathering code

2.5
- updated for Cataclysm
- changed "INSPECT_TALENT_READY" to "INSPECT_READY"
- use GUID returned by new event to only grab talents for the unit I requested
- fix for changes to GetTalentTabInfo()
- updated all libraries

2.4
- fiddled with padding between statusbar and frame border when the health bar is inside
- can now color the border by level difficulty (if class and difficulty are *both* selected, friendly units will be colored by class, and others will be by difficulty)
- changed hp display for units with no maxhp (ex. walls in WG) so that maxhp is 1 - this displays their current health, at least, instead of forcing the text to be blank
- fix for random/rare error with talents

2.3
- Fixed: talent text spamming the tooltip for some raid frames
- Fixed: Elite graphic not obeying its checkbox in options
- Added: option to display class icon next to name in tooltip (off by default)

2.2
- you can now set the font flags for the tooltips' text (Outline, etc)
- if you have the elite graphic enabled, it will now show for bosses too

2.1.1
- added support for WorldMapTooltip
- fixed health percent display for "units" with no health (gates in Wintergrasp, for example)

2.0.1
- fixed error for custom created frames/tooltips that try to look like the game tooltip - let me know if something's still awry
- fixed an oopsie - target text works again (had accidentally deleted the line that called its function >.< )

For some reason, the class-colored text stopped working for me. Also I think the inset is off a bit, because when switching to the BlizzardToolTip borders for the border texture (and, of course, putting the size to 16, where it should be for that texture), the "background" actually extends past the "rounded" corners.

Feel free to leave your comments/questions here, but all bug reports and feature requests need to go to my portal if you want me to remember to do them.

@Hjalte: I'll look into it, but still post it on my to-do list (the portal)

@alrit: the default tip doesn't do this either, it's not anything I'm taking away. I'll think about it. Still put it where it needs to go if you want me to remember.

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Originally posted by lapingultah Otherwise great add on, just one thing I'm missing. Would it be possible to have ALL tooltips anchored as set? Currently at least buffs and debuffs are anchored to mouse which is quite annoying.

Eh... I don't think I'm going to try to go that far. I, personally, prefer to have buff tooltips by the buffs because that's where I'm looking at that moment. I'm sure that's why Blizzard coded it that way, too.

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Sorry, Vranx. I forgot to put in the other part of the fix that Cirk suggested. ><

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Originally posted by JMHammer Seerah- He is experiencing the same error I have reported in your portal area. This occurs when offsetting from one of the on-screen anchor positions (top, left, etc.), not the tooltip.

And I *still* cannot reproduce it. I spent 10-15 minutes changing anchor positions, offsets, whether it's on the cursor or not, and reloading the UI every so often. Not once did I have a problem with TipTop not going where I told it to. Are you two *certain* that you don't have another addon interfering?

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"You'd be surprised how many people violate this simple principle every day of their lives and try to fit square pegs into round holes, ignoring the clear reality that Things Are As They Are." -Benjamin Hoff, The Tao of Pooh

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"You'd be surprised how many people violate this simple principle every day of their lives and try to fit square pegs into round holes, ignoring the clear reality that Things Are As They Are." -Benjamin Hoff, The Tao of Pooh

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